The Wild Flower Society offers a range of grants to support botanical training and plant conservation.
We do NOT offer grants for wild flower meadow development or meadow seeds.
In 2023 we awarded grants of £3650 to ten wildlife trusts for botanical training, £1750 for wild flower activities for children and young people, and made grants of £1750 to research projects. Details of 2023 grant recipients are here.
For further information and queries, please contact Fay Banks, WFS Committee Member and Grants Officer. wfs.grants.fay@gmail.com
| Grants to Wildlife Trusts and similar organisations for running botanical training courses for their volunteers | WFS-Grant-application-Wildlife-Trusts-Botanical-Training |
| Grants to Wildlife Trusts and similar organisations for running botanical activities for children. The Wild Flower Society also offers the Dent Award, an annual award of £50 available to a young person aged 11 – 18 who has been involved in a wild flower conservation project. We invite Trusts to nominate young persons for this award by contacting the Wild Flower Society’s Grants Officer wfs.grants.fay@gmail.com | Wildlife Trust Young Persons Activity Form |
| Grants for Research Projects | WFS-Research-Grant-Application |
| Grants to support the publication costs of botanical books, for example, county floras. | Please contact the Wild Flower Society’s Grants Officer wfs.grants.fay@gmail.com |
| Grants for students on Field Studies Council courses. The Wild Flower society funds grants towards the cost of botanical identification training courses offered by the Field Studies Council. | For information see: Field Studies Council |
The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) also offers Training Grants, Plant Study Grants, Science and Research Grants, and Publication Grants. Find out more at https://bsbi.org/grants